Coronavirus (COVID-19): Homelessness response fund
Information regarding how charitable homelessness and rough sleeping organisations can apply for funding in support of their response to COVID-19.
Applies to England
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced £6 million of emergency funding to provide relief for frontline homelessness charitable organisations who are directly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Homeless Link will be distributing the fund on the ministry’s behalf to facilitate this much needed support to the sector, allowing organisations to focus solely on their mission of supporting vulnerable people.
The grants are open to registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations, Community Benefit Societies and Community Interest Companies (with an asset lock) in England working to support those rough sleeping or experiencing homelessness through the COVID-19 crisis.
Your organisation must be a small to medium sized organisation (up to £5 million annual turnover) that currently works directly with people experiencing homelessness and where more than 50% of beneficiaries are people experiencing homelessness.
Grants are available for either/or both of the following purposes:
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to help alleviate the financial impact of COVID-19 on the organisation. This may be because of a reduction in actual or expected income this year, and/or as a result of higher costs that have been incurred or expected to incur as a result of providing services to beneficiaries as a direct result of the COVID-19 crisis.
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to provide new or adapted services to homeless people affected by COVID-19.